SIZZLER ALERT

North Wales set to enjoy temperatures reaching 29C with signs of second heatwave next week

- By ANDREW FORGRAVE Countryside and Tourism Editor [e-mail]

YELLOW heat health alerts have been issued with exceptionally hot conditions due to settle over the UK.

While the heat is expected to ebb away from Sunday, June 22, some weather models suggest a re-run the following week.

At one point, the Global Forecast System (GFS) was projecting temperatures up 35C near the Wales-England border at the turn of the month, with highs of 33C in parts of Wales.

Had this materialised, a weather extreme set 132 years ago might have been threatened in Wales.

This modelled forecast has since been scaled back-but 6pm temperatures of 31-32C are still projected for large areas of eastern England on Friday, June 27. If this plume of warm air is drawn in from the Continent, it could leave Wales basking in another spell of hot weather, especially on the North Wales coast.